Patrick, I will address two of your situations. First, buying a blued Parker is not a mistake. Someone has to own it and you have the initiative to restore it, so there is no mistake. I own two blued Parkers and both are valuable guns and neither have been restored to color. Second point is your question about documented factory restorations. One point is that such guns are not numerous. Another point is that most of them have been used a bunch since the refinish, so value is kind of a tossup about when the wear occurred. Remington repair codes are another form of "kind of documented" refinish. Remington colors on Parker Brothers guns, accompanied by Remington repair codes, is known as a clue. In answer to your question, if the gun is in nice shape, and you can document the refinish, it would be considered almost original. One example is my DH 12 gauge mid twenties 29" barrel gun, complete with full Remington style refinish AND Remington repair codes. Of course, this rare gun would be worth a bunch in mint original condition. However, what is it worth the way it sits, almost mint with factory 29" barrels and Remington repair codes? A bunch.
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